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You published a very amusing article about a convicted arsonist who attempted to have his conviction overturned on the grounds that the indictment was badly written. For one thing, he complained, it contained a sentence of 180 words, and it even contained some Latin. We should all have some sympathy with the poor criminal. You quote a New England columnist as chastising the writer of the indictment for using words like "to wit," "whereas" and "aforementioned." He adds that there were "numerous bits of...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Germany battle to become the first European side to win a World Cup on Latin American soil in Sunday's final against Argentina whose captain Lionel Messi is out to emulate the great Diego Maradona. Germany are favourites after their ruthlessly efficient 7-1 demolition of hosts Brazil in the semi-final. Yet in Messi, Argentina have one of the world's greatest current players who can turn a big game in a flash and would dearly love to bring...

Three of Latin music's biggest names co-headline the Gigant3s tour: Marco Antonio Solis , one of Latin music's most successful singer-songwriters, who can melt hearts with his ballads (the full string section for this tour can only enhance his melodious songs); Chayanne , who didn't miss a beat after being told he was too young to be in the popular '80s boy band Menudo and became a multiselling Latin pop star; and Marc Anthony , who, although he has captured an audience outside of music with...

Who doesn't love a good banana? That bright yellow, chimpy delicacy is popular all across this wide globe, and for good reason. It's good for you and it's delicious. Today, we're going to look at the banana's brother, the plantain, and one of its most popular presentations, tostones. Why you needto learn this Let's take a global perspective, shall we? In some parts of Africa, per capita consumption is over 400 pounds per year. In other words, for tons of people, bananas aren't just a snack,...

Many programs of Latin orchestral works cover well-traveled ground by presenting the same handful of popular pieces by the same celebrated composers. Carlos Kalmar's program with the Grant Park Orchestra Friday night went further. Some of the names – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Chavez, Alberto Ginastera – were, of course, familiar, but the selections by them were not. And to the works of such past masters Kalmar added even lesser-known music by living composers – Elbio...

With his throat slashed and his shirt covered in blood, the 15-year-old boy cowered in the garbage can where he had been tossed and left for dead. Occasionally, he could hear sounds - cars passing, people walking by - but he wouldn't look out or call for help for fear that his attackers would return. For 90 minutes, he huddled in the garbage can and held a balled-up sweater to his neck to try to stanch the bleeding. "I was thinking about what was going to happen to me,...

"When you hear a Latin track, you're gonna move," says Edwin Rios, a popular Chicago nightclub deejay with strong Latin roots. Under the alias Bear'Who?, Rios, who is Puerto Rican-American, is known for spinning deep and underground house music in Chicago's favorite dance clubs. But he stands out from other house deejays when he brings his heritage to the turntables in the form of Latin house music. Deep, dark and sensual, you know it when you hear it. First, there's the percussion, dripping in...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to fall slightly in 2014, after rising 5 percent to a record-high $185 billion last year, the regional United Nations' body said on Thursday. The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) attributed the expected drop in FDI in 2014 to slow economic growth over the last two years and a drop in metals prices, one of the region's biggest...

Second baseman Bobby Avila, the American League batting champion in 1954 when he played for the pennant-winning Cleveland Indians, and one of the first prominent Latin major-leaguers in the decade after World War II, died Tuesday in Veracruz, Mexico. He was 78. The cause was complications of diabetes, the Indians said. Avila, a native of Veracruz, became the first Latin player to win a major-league batting title when he hit .341 for the Indians team that won a league-record 111 games.

By Walker Simon NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - A family portrait by Colombian artist Fernando Botero and works by Uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres-Garcia and Brazilian sculptress Lygia Clark led Latin American art auctions in New York. Christie's sold a total of $17.6 million and Sotheby's $15.1 million in the sales Wednesday, which also set an auction record for Ernesto Icaza, a turn-of-the-century Mexican painter. "The auction reflected the...

There's a hardy band of second-year Latin scholars at Larkin High School who are as ferocious as Julius Caesar, as eloquent as Cicero and as persistent as Aeneas when it comes to fighting for their language program. Yet conquering all of Gaul might be a cakewalk compared to convincing the Elgin Area U-46 School Board, which faces the hard reality of a budget deficit, not to drop the combined third- and fourth-year Latin class at Larkin. The advanced class will most likely have just 14 students...

By Norihiko Shirouzu and Yoko Kubota BEIJING/ATSUGI Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co is looking to give its Infiniti premium brand a design makeover that will dilute its Japanese roots and flaunt a more "passionate" Latin feel. The bold initiative aims to rev up an upscale brand that has struggled to establish itself in a competitive global market for premium autos. Launched a quarter of a century ago in the United States with an emphasis on its...

With Latin trailing by 13 points with 3 minutes 47 seconds left, Brittney Cato thought she and her teammates had no chance. But she was to prove herself wrong. Cato drove an open lane and buried a 5-foot jumper with 1.1 seconds remaining to give the Romans a 42-40 Class A sectional semifinal victory over Immaculate Conception on Monday. "I just saw it was open and went for it," said Cato, whose team scored the final 15 points at St. Benedict. The victory puts Latin (23-6)

By Walker Simon NEW YORK (Reuters) - A family portrait by Colombian artist Fernando Botero and a depiction of psychological turmoil by Chilean painter Roberto Matta are expected to be the highlights of Latin American art sales in New York next week. Botero's 1969 "Man Going to Work" is the top lot in Christie's line-up for its Wednesday sale, with a pre-sale estimate of up to $1.8 million. Matta's "Morphologie Psychologique" could fetch up to $3.5 million at...

Pitbull is trying to live up to the "Mr. Worldwide" title he has given himself, bringing a paella of Latin beats, Euro dance, hip-hop and reggaeton to the mainstream. As he says on his website, his music is "catching a lot of people's ears," and his "Planet Pit World Tour" is a steamy summer music party worth catching. Why go: Pitbull's album "Global Warming" won't be out until the fall, but the tour includes a preview including the first single, "Get it Started"...

The Absent An old man loses his house and land, then his mind as memories overwhelm him. But this is no social tract. Working for once on a decent budget, Pereda focuses on "a man's links to his land," says producer Edgar San Juan, shooting the forest and rolling ocean nearby in painterly static sequence shots. She Comes Back on Thursday (pictured) The everyday chronicle of Maria Jose and Alberto: married for 38 years, now near divorce, and how this impacts their two...

After years of waning interest and dwindling enrollments, Latin is making a comeback at schools. College-bound students are taking Latin to boost their verbal SAT scores. School districts are adding Latin to beef up curriculums. And parents are lobbying for Latin as part of a return to academic basics. "Latin is becoming the intellectual equivalent of making students go out for sports," said Lawrence Gaichas, chairman of Duquesne University's classics department. High school Latin...

2013's inaugural Bal Goes to Cannes , a showcase for a bevy of Latin American pix-in-post, was a milestone, the first Works in Progress event ever organized by the Cannes Market. Co-run by BAL, the industry strand of Buenos Aires' Bafici Festival, the second BAL Goes to Cannes, which runs May 20 at the Palais des Festivals, will take a "further step in the same direction, highlighting films that otherwise wouldn't be in Cannes" says BAL co-director Violeta Bava. Showcasing...

By Norihiko Shirouzu and Yoko Kubota BEIJING/ATSUGI Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co is looking to give its Infiniti premium brand a design makeover that will dilute its Japanese roots and flaunt a more "passionate" Latin feel. The bold initiative aims to rev up an upscale brand that has struggled to establish itself in a competitive global market for premium autos. Launched a quarter of a century ago in the United States with an emphasis on its...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's proposed acquisition of DirecTV will give the U.S. wireless provider a foothold in Latin America, a region that offers major growth potential in pay television and mobile broadband. DirecTV, with its 18 million subscribers in Central and South America, is the biggest pay TV provider in Latin America where the market for such services is already growing at a much faster rate than the mature U.S. market. DirecTV is "advantaged when compared with...